Media Relations Specialist

• Serves as an official, on-the-record Airports Authority spokesperson on assigned topics or issues; responds to media inquiries, including on-the-record and on-camera interviews. • Leads proactive and reactive media outreach from planning to execution, responsible for formulating strategies and messaging, and preparing collateral materials for external use (e.g., media plans, statements, talking points, and logistical support for media events). • Works independently and through teams to promote key Airports Authority initiatives and projects; attends internal and external meetings on behalf of the Airports Authority, including outside normal business hours. • Identifies, prepares, distributes, and pitches news releases, story ideas, background papers, talking points, Q&A documents, media announcements, social media posts, and website materials to promote the airports (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport), the Airports Authority Police and Fire Departments, and the Dulles Toll Road (DTR). • Provides public information to announce or explain new initiatives, programs, meetings, and actions of the Airports Authority’s management and board of directors, as required. • Maintains the team’s readiness to respond effectively and in a timely manner to after-hours media requests and emergencies by being available for recall to any location 24/7 on short notice, serving as the lead Public Information Officer when designated as the team’s on-call representative.